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Old 16th Jun 2012, 21:48
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Originally Posted by FlyingGoggles
I get that all we as passengers have to do is grab the masks etc. What I meant, is I've read several articles etc where people said they were surprised by the emergency descent. Would it be pertinent to warn people that that's going to happen? That's what I meant.
By no means all the oxygen mask deployments are associated with emergency descents. A failure to monitor pressurisation can cause them to deploy during the climb as you go through 14,000 feet, for example. A range of other failures, even on the ground, can occur.[/QUOTE]
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